Related Articles Clinical trials in palliative care: a systematic review of their methodological characteristics and of the quality of their reporting. BMC Palliat Care. 2017 Jan 25;16(1):10 Authors: Bouça-Machado R, Rosário M, Alarcão J, Correia-Guedes L, Abreu D, Ferreira JJ Abstract BACKGROUND: Over the past decades there has been a significant increase in the number of published clinical trials in palliative care. However, empirical evidence suggests that there are methodological problems in the design and conduct of studies, which raises questions about the validity and generalisability of the results and of the strength of the available evidence. We sought to…
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Related Articles Measuring geographical accessibility to palliative and end of life (PEoLC) related facilities: a comparative study in an area with well-developed specialist palliative care (SPC) provision. BMC Palliat Care. 2017 Jan 26;16(1):14 Authors: Pearson C, Verne J, Wells C, Polato GM, Higginson IJ, Gao W Abstract BACKGROUND: Geographical accessibility is important in accessing healthcare services. Measuring it has evolved alongside technological and data analysis advances. High correlations between different methods have been detected, but no comparisons exist in the context of palliative and end of life care (PEoLC) studies. To assess how geographical accessibility can affect PEoLC, selection of…
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Related Articles [Characteristics of patients with breathlessness – results of the german hospice and palliative care evaluation]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2016 May;141(10):e87-95 Authors: Simon ST, Altfelder N, Alt-Epping B, Bausewein C, Weingärtner V, Voltz R, Ostgathe C, Radbruch L, Lindena G, Nauck F Abstract BACKGROUND: Breathlessness is a common and distressing symptom in patients with advanced life-limiting disease. The aim of this study was to describe demographical and clinical characteristics of patients with breathlessness in Germany. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of hospice and palliative care inpatient data from 2006 to 2008. The Hospice and Palliative Care Evaluation (HOPE)…
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Related Articles [Hepatic tumors and radiotherapy]. Cancer Radiother. 2016 Sep;20 Suppl:S174-8 Authors: Rio E, Mornex F, Peiffert D, Huertas A Abstract Recent technological developments led to develop the concept of focused liver radiation therapy. We must distinguish primary and secondary tumors as the indications are restricted and must be discussed as an alternative to surgical or medical treatments. For hepatocellular carcinoma 5 to 10cm (or more), a conformational radiation with or without intensity modulation is performed. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is being evaluated and is increasingly proposed as an alternative to radiofrequency ablative treatment for primary or secondary tumors (typically less…
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Related Articles [Radiotherapy of bone metastases]. Cancer Radiother. 2016 Sep;20 Suppl:S227-34 Authors: Thureau S, Vieillard MH, Supiot S, Lagrange JL Abstract Radiotherapy plays a major role in palliative treatment of bone metastases. Recent developments of stereotactic radiotherapy and intensity modulated radiation therapy give the possibility to treat oligometastatic diseases. The objective of this paper is to report indications and treatment modalities of radiotherapy in these situations. PMID: 27523421 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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